WeChat has updated a dozen new features, many of which are really useful

Hello friends, today I woke up and found that iOS WeChat has been updated to version 8.0.3. Wow, it’s updated so early today? I updated it immediately and tried it out.

After experiencing it for a while, Shichao has to say that this is probably the most "update"-like update of WeChat in the past two years. Not only does it not add any fancy new features, but most of the updates are quite practical.

Next, Shichao will tell you what WeChat has updated this time?

First up is our favorite emoji pack, which has finally broken the 300 limit!

I don’t know if you are like Shi Chao. The upper limit of 300 emojis is not enough. The emoji library is always full. Every time you meet a new love, you have to throw away the old love first.

However, after updating to version 8.0.3, WeChat finally lifted the upper limit of 300, and you can add more than 300. The new upper limit is said to be 999. I don’t know if it is true or not. Friends who are capable can consider giving it a try.

In addition, in the new version, the default emoticons are no longer displayed as "text" in the input box.

Hey, Android has had this feature for a long time. No, this thing can't even be called a "feature", right?

In addition to emoticons, videos on WeChat Moments also broke the limit this time.

After upgrading to 8.0.3, we can post 30-second videos on Moments, and even extend them to 60 seconds through the video account.

And as long as the video is longer than 15 seconds, a progress bar will automatically appear.

Well, that’s good. Now everyone knows to drag the 15-second video to play.

So, when will the 60-second voice message be scheduled?

In addition, there is a small update to the Moments, which is that the “jump to the position that has not been viewed yet” will display the avatar, so you can see which friends have updated.

Shichao has not popped up this prompt. This screenshot is from the official account AppSo ▼

But this function is of no use to Shichao. Except for Tony, who has the time to remember other people's profile pictures?

In the past, there was only one Moments in the social section of WeChat. We could easily set up certain people to be invisible to their Moments, or not view certain people’s Moments.

But now, in addition to Moments, there are also Video Accounts and Kankan. Not only is it troublesome to set up permissions for each one, but it is also a problem whether you can find them.

However, this time, WeChat added unified permission management in "Settings-Privacy".

This function is very practical. For example, "don't look at someone's circle of friends", "don't look at someone's liked videos", "don't compare walking distance with someone", etc. These permissions can be set here in a unified manner.

The new version also brings some updates to group chats.

Now when an announcement is made in the group, it will be hung in the chat window in the form of a banner with a large speaker in front of it.

In addition, the message list no longer displays “Someone @ me” but “Group announcement”; the announcement content is no longer preceded by “@ everyone” but “Group announcement”.

Well, this update does make announcements more like announcements, and makes WeChat more relevant to work.

In addition, the mini-programs shared by the group owner to the group can also be directly set as group to-do items.

On the other hand, when you @ a friend in a group, the group member list does not open a new page, but pops up from bottom to top in a floating layer.

This UI optimization is quite good, as it reduces page jumps and increases connectivity.

Similar optimizations can also be seen on the friend information page.

When tagging friends, you no longer have to jump to the tab page, but can directly select the tag. In addition, the page has been almost redesigned.

Of course, the video account, which has the highest strategic position, is indispensable in every update. The new version of WeChat has brought "picture in picture" and "double-speed playback" functions to the video account, but it only supports videos with a duration of more than 1 minute.

I would like to single out this picture within a picture, Shichao, to talk about it separately.

Unlike the picture-in-picture feature that comes with iOS 14, it cannot float to interfaces other than WeChat, nor does it support adjusting size and progress.

Ah, this is the reduced interface of the video call. You can probably only use it to reply to messages while watching a video.

But this feature is actually quite cool when you really play it.

Because it does not have the picture-in-picture based on iOS14, you can read "badly reviewed articles" and "badly reviewed video accounts" on WeChat, and then use iOS14's picture-in-picture to watch "the badly reviewed guy's B station video" at the same time.

Doesn't this achieve "killing three birds with one stone", "three views on one screen", "three links with one key"?

Come back.

In addition to the functions and optimizations mentioned above, the new version also has some "harmless" (useless) updates, which Shichao has also listed for you.

Click... on my page to check your friend's status. After clicking, your friend will jump to his personal homepage.

In addition, when you swipe left on the chat list, the gray "Mark Unread" button changes to blue.

In the WeChat mini-program interface, "More" no longer occupies a separate grid, and the "Search button" has also been converted into a "Search box".

Finally, there are some minor adjustments, such as the payment password input box becomes gray and the WeChat Beans recharge page becomes greener.

Generally speaking, although it is only a small version number update, there are quite a few updated contents, and some of them are very popular with everyone, especially the WeChat emoji package breaking the upper limit of 300, which is really good news for emoji lovers!

Of course, we should praise them when we should, and we should also criticize them when we should.

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What about the voice progress bar?